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TILE HOMY NEWS.
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T W. BEATY, Editor.
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Houndarles of the Townships in Hurry, Jus
llr*t Established.
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\ NYi) hoar of disputes, in making asResilient
returns, as to tlie boundary
lines of some of the townships, an 1
l'or the information of all interested we
republish the boundaries as establish,
in 1S09.
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VM ran, tUlAll VXIJJ MISSION KUB,
1 louity County,
Conwayikiko, July 22, 1809.
I p. pursuance of See. XI of an act of
tho (lencral Assembly, entitled *'An
Act to de(ino the jurisdiction and duties
of County Commissioners' the following
townships, designated l?y the
lines herein mentioned, are announced.
And the following places for holding
first meeting in such townships, are
hereby appointed and made known:
Township No. 1, to bo known as
"Buck Township," will comprise all
that section of country lying within a
line running from Put Ulufl* on Waocamaw
Hiver fo head of Jcnkin's
Swamp, thence down said swamp to
Hunting Swamp, thence up Hunting
Swamp to Potato lied Ferry lto ad,
thence on said road to Little Pee Dee
Hiver, thence down Little Pee Dee
Hiver, to Dig Pee Dee Hiver, thence
down Pig Pee Dee Hiver to mouth of
Hull Creek, thence down Hull Creek
to Waccamaw Hiver, thence up Waceamaw
Hiver to Pot HufL
Town meetings to he held at the
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?nc ivuww*i i>??i \vrutJK. .uiiBier oneu.
Township No, 2, lo bo kcovvn a?
Conwayboro' Township*5 will comprise
all that section of country, lying
within a line commencing at Pot Bluff,
on Waecamaw lino cf "Buck Township1
lo Pomtobed Ferry Road, lhence
N. E. crossing R??g Bluff Road, at
Jlrown Swamp Church, thence N. E.
crossing Gallivants Ferry Road at AlUn's
Store, known an Spring Ilill,
thence N.. E, to Maple Swamp at or
near Pettiway Cartright's, theuco to
the Mosee Anderson Mill, thence running
an established private way, eros sing
Play Card Road to ling Swaru.p
Baptist Church, thence across White
Oak Swamp at Reuben Shannon's
Fon-l, thence in a straight line, crossing
Kingston Lake to J>oard Landing
on Wiiccaaiaw River, thence down
Waecamaw River, to CheJscy'u Run,
thence in a elraight line, to the Atlantic
Ocean at Withers' or Eight Mile
Swash, thence in a straight line to
Cox's Fen y on Waceamnw River,
thence down Waceaiuaw River, to Pot
Bluff.
Town meeting to bo held at Conway
bo ro.
Township No. 3, to bo known as
])og Blu.lt Township, will comprise all
that section ot the country Lymg between
^ line, begining at Hunting
Swamp at Potatobed Ferry Road and
running said road to Little Pee Dee
River, thence up said river to Gallivant
'a Fcny, thence running Galli
vant's Ferry road to Allen's Store,
known as Spring 11 ill, thence running
Conwayboro Western boundary line to
the point ot'commencement on Potato*
bed Ferry Road, at Hunting Swamp.
lown meetings to be held a. Dog
Blufi* Muster Shed.
Township No. 4, to he called Bayboro
Township, will Comprise all that
section ol country lying within a line
beginning at Allen's .Store, known *u;
Spring IIill, on the Gallivants Ferry
road, running up ?aid road to Little
Pee Dee River to Gallivant4*} Ferry,
thence up said river to mouth ol Lake
Swamp, thence up said swamp to
mouth of Pleasant Meadow Swamp to
the Dantel Gerrald Ford, or the Ford
where Daniel T. Gerrald formerly
lived, thence in a straight line S. \Y.
to Shannon's Ford on White Oak
Swamp, thence, running the line of
Con way born township to Allen's Store
on Gallivant'* Ferry road.
Town meetings to be held at Bay
Boro.
Township No. 5, to be called Floyd's
Township, will comprise all that section
of country lying within a line begin
at moutl^l Lake Swamp on I.ittie
Pee Doe| xci^ thence running up
said river tig Indu^>c,r R'Vt>ri thence up
Lumber Rather North Carolina line,
thence ruiit ^ ^ the North Carolina
line to Ri<>gnt f<r Rrant'b, thence up
said branch jR ? head, thence down
Long Branny r^ake Swamp, thence
down Lake ?* f0pP Little Pee JLtee
liiver. , c,
Town meeting to be held at Avery
Floyd's.
Township No, 6, to l>e called Groen
SoaTtiu'iisliin. will commifao alt that.
auction of country lying and -being
within a line begining at mouth of
. Long H ranch on Lake Swamp, running
^ the Eastern boundary line of Floyd t?
'Township to the North Carolina fine,
thence running the North Carolina
line to the Wbitesv.illo Road, thence Ln
a direct line to the Daniel Gerald Ford
on Pleasant Meadow Swamp, thence
down said swamp to its mouth, thence
to the mouth of Long llranuh ou Lake
Swamp.
Town meeting to bo held at Derham's
Store.
Township No. 7?to be called Wpson's
Cietk Township, will Comprise
foil th:it section of the country lying
^Uiin a line bcgii.ing at the Shanaoo
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Ford on White Oak Swamp, thence
running the line of Bayboro Township
to the \)aniel Gerrald Kord ?>n I'lea*ant
Meadow swamp, thence running
the line of tho Green Sea Township to
the North Carolina line, thence.) the
North Carolinia lino to Waccanaw j
River, thence the Waccamaw River !
down to Board Landing, on said river,
thence the Northern hmiiidnrt line nt
Conwayboro Township, aceross Kings- ! 1
ton Lake lo Shannon's Fork on White
Oak Swamp.
Town meeting to.bo held at Simp '
son's Creek Muster Shed.
Township No. 3, to be called Little (
ltiver Township, will comprise nil (hat
section of tho country lyin * within a ,
line, bugining at tlie North Carolina
linn on the Waocamaw River and run- 1
uiug tlio North Carolina lino down to
the Atlantic Ocean, then down ?he Atlantic
shore or beach to Prices S .v ish,
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thence in a diioct line to head o! Lee's [
Mill Swamp, thence down said swamp '
to Waccainaw River, thence i.p said J
river to the North Carolina lino.
Town meeting to be held at Little |
River Village.
Township No. 9, to be called Dog j '
Wood Neck Township, will comprise J
all that, section of tlie country lying i 1
within a line begining at the mouth of i
Lee's Mill Swamp on Waccamaw River
and running down the lino ct the Little 1
River Township to Prices Swash on j 1
Atlantic shore, thence down said shore 1
to Walter's or Kight Mile Swash, 1
thence up line of Couwayboio Town- :
ship to mouth ChoKey's Run, on War- I
caiuaw River, thence up said river to j
mouth of Lee's Mill Swamp.
Town meeting to be held at High '
n o
Ray School House*
Township No. 10, to lie called Socastee
Township, will comprise all that i 1
country lying within a line hegining 1
at Coxe's Ferry on Waccainaw River, j
thence running down the hue <d Con- 1
wayboro Township to Withers <>r
Eight Miles Swash, thence down the
Atlantic beech to Mt. Ciilad to line
dividing If jrry from iJoorgetown I
County thence in a direct line to Rethol !
Church, said line beging ilu? dividing |.
iine between theCountn * of I lorry ind
Georgetown Crossing ilie Waccamiw
Road at a place called l'oiter Old '
Field, thence in a straight line t?? Wwc- ;
cam aw River below the monih ot Bull
Creek, thence up the Waceamaw
River to Ooxe's Ferry.
Town meeting to be held at Socastre
Bridge.
In the deDgnation of Town slip lines
by and from certain points, the points I 1
mentioned, shall be held to be included
within the Township tirst mentioned,
according to numerical older as Township
No. 1 No. 2 ito
By older of the Board.
Test;
i C. l\ liOCTOK, It. Li VINGSTOK, .Til.,
Clerk. Chairman.
f Office, Countv Commissjo.nkiw,
\ Foitnonitv,
1 I Conwayboi.d Aug, T, 1809,
hiiekbai: Great inconvenience i*
likely to arise from the locations ot
Townships, Nos. 3 and 4, called Dog
Bluff Township and Bayboro Township,
and whereas, sundry persons
living in thoso Townships iiave tdiown
in petition, .that said i'nwnships as
intended to be located by the Board
ot County Commissioners, for the said
county, would work great iuconveniAtl/lA
i i \ Iwi I f> linlll I n I* o ? I I I - - - -
tutu tw mv; iiiiiai/iwJU i r, lih,h'U!) Oi Mlg |
greater and-containing ovu* ouo lunr
dred square miles, and being unsuii- d
lo the natural courst-wl intiMoomtuunication,
and ot .g^ner^l convenience;
therefore be it re*oloecl \ Timi. a new
Township be created from ih? two
Townships already designated . n<l ,
above named, and intended to be
located, with the following boundary.,,linen,
ifco. and that such portions
of thoce Townships above named a*
herein designated, shall belong to the
new Township, to begin at Dog UlufV
Ferry on little Pee j eo River, on the
North lino of Dog Bind Township
and to run the old Public Road to
ChinnerV &wanip, thence up sai
swamp past Cool Spring to the cart
road, known as the ''Peaty Part
Jioad,'; running Ironi Cool Spring to
J. IS. Skipper's Mil!; thence up said
card road to Skipper's Mill, thence in
a straight >line to a point wheru Katiiesnake
Swamp crosses the old Luke
Swamp Itoad; thence down Hal tic
Snake Swamp to Lake Swamp; thence
down Lake Swamp to Little Pec Dee
Kliver; thence down said Riser to Dog
JlufT Ferry. Said Township to he,
called Gallivants Ferry Township; i
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1U UlWV VXUWIVUIIIB I t'l l v Ull Hit
7th Sept.
The Southern Boundary o( nai-l new
Townfillip Khali be the upper Buiiudary
of Dog Bluff Town??hip(*) and the
upper Boundary of mud new Town*
Ahip shall be iho Hoiuheni or lower
Boundary of Bay bore ''owmhIui).
Tow nan ip meeting* to bu held at
Gallivant Ferry.
(Extract from the) minute*
By order ol the Board,
teatjc. 1*. bolton, u. livingston .in.,
Clerk. Cbairtnaii,
Aug. 13,
Tnlf ahonld have read,? The Eastern
boundary of mi hi ?/> l^yjimhip
shall be the Northuu tern lu njary oj j
Bay Boro township.
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Maliin^ a rermnuent Home.
If by a slow am J toilsome process?
toilsome, ami yet cou'innully carrying |
with it its own reward ami oral t ifiealion,
we suiiourul ourselves with all '
the comlorl* ami luxuries which at- j
lend a rural life--the orchard and
vineyard lor our supply ol wholesome
and luscious fruit?the garden furnish- !
ing its varied stock of vegetables
ihrough the year?-the dairy, wit It its
supply dI milk ami butter? tin* slock
dI cattle, hogs, sheep ami poultry for
our table, wo have secure*! a rich
source of couieutiueiit ami satisfaction,
whilst at the same time these very enjoyments
will stimul P" u- the more to
give permanent ami increasing value j
to the surrounding fields from which
we are to derive our main subsistence. ;
It is to this view of question thai I 1
would earnestly call the attention of
nil" Southern farmers. I'ndei the i>I?i
system ?ii largo plantations and single
staph' erop, there was top little inducetneiii,
and less lime to think of these i
ihings. Cotton was the one absorb- j
ing thought; and tic plant in;*, en hi j
valimi, and preparation of the crop for :
market occupied meat of the year. !
Now this is all changed. Smaller J
lanus and a more concentrated system i
are actual necessities. 11 we arc ever
to become a thriving Mgr.cultural com- ;
inanity, we must adopt this "intensive j
system" more or less. With it should j
go hand in hand tiie improving of the
honiotcid. The two motives act and I
react upon eijch other, it t he ties that j
bind us to the homo are stronger, they j
urge us the more Lo improve the ara- |
ble lands. It these are increasing in \
value, they encourage us to add the
coin forts ami conveniences which '
should be! ong to a permanent home.
Wh ell there IS a feidiuo nt sellh in?-m
for IiI'**, there will come a li xedness of !
purpose and :i con-taney ot effort to j
make perm line nt improvements not '
only lor ourselves but lor those who i
a if t<? eome alter us.
]>ut whilst we provi le for the t/se/n/,
we need not neglect the ortutomutil.
Whilst we mot, give to the necessities
ol lile the tirst consideration, !
We know I hut there are other wants
which have their origin in the higher I
sphere of our t?eing. W e have a coin- >
posite nnnuv; uu<i tho spiritual needs
no less than the animal, its own means '
ot gratification. I hero are other and I
higher wants than those of mere
' creature com'bitu." As soon as man
emerges 'rom a savage state, he begins
to feci the cravings after something
beyond bis mere animal desires.
11 is sense ol the beantnnl in nature
begins to develop itself, ami liuds gratification
in the wonderful works
around him. As lie rises in the scale
ol civilized lile, these era\ im_ts increase
and their delvelopmeut becomes a necessity.
They line vent in the fine
arts?in music, painting, statuary; or
in the study and admiration ol the
marvelous works ot natur.) ? in Hardening
and adornment. In tin* iiilrst
hut on the way-side, the single. flower
pot at the window tells the sto'y. To
those who live in the country, the invitation
is constantly before them, and
the opporiunii les are always at hand.
It we neglect lliein, \\ e throw aside a
means ol grati tication, which, beyond !
all others, is pure ami elevating to our j
moral nature. In beautifying and adorning
our homes, we minister to those
higher leelings ol our nature, wbieh
bring peace, contentment, ai.d satisfaction,
ami furnish a lit an I proper
repose* and ivlaxliou Jrom the more)
arduous labours ol'the lierl. ? II. \\r. \
Havenal. in Jiurul Curolininl lor.
June..
Aiken, A. (J.
Worth Its beiuiiiln Uoid*
Cut this out ami put it where it can
be found when wanted.
The Department ol Agiicitiiure I
publishes tin) l.?llo.wng experiments,)
which .a gentleman It out (leotgiaj
tried and found tlVective in dispelling ;
a serious trouble in horses;
About thirty yearn ago a ft tend |
I or', by bots a very line horse, lie j
took Irotn the stomach ol the dead
horse about a gill ol Imis, and brought |
litem to my cilice to ex peri men t upon,
tie made preparations ot every rente- j
ly he had heard ot, and put some ol
them into each. Most had no tlhcl,
a lew directed them slightly, hut sage
tea more than anything else; that
killed the,m in iilieen hours,
lie concluded he would kill lit inn i
1 >v mittiiur t he.lt in nitric UCld. but it I
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had no inoro tiled on Hum than
wilier; the third day they were an i
lively aw when put in. A hunch oil
lun/.y whh growing hv my otliee. lie j
took a handle'. ui thai Inuucd ii,
4 '
added a liltin water, *.j icZud out the
juice, and put itoinu in; tliey were
dead iri one minute. Educe then I
hud it g Vi-u to tvery ho rue. 1 have I
never known it to lull ui giving entire !
relief. Aiy iricnd had another horuo
affected with tlie hota noveral yearn
later. Ho gave him the taezy in the
morning, and n done ol Hafis in the
ev? ning; the next ne.ruing lie took u;* i
from < i.o uxc.foviuna three had |Unu 01
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CVTU It DA. Y .JULY ')
Till' Torpedo Chicken.
[From the M%.'mphU Aculunchc, .Aimed.]
No city in the country Wan 8UtVere?l
more from the clas? ot vugihnml
chickened thieves than Memphis, but
ill.inks to French ingenuity, a panacea
for the growing evil has been discov
ered. ami us nninn is the "Torpedo
Chicken." This little machine is as
near a chicken as hum in skill can
make it. It is covered with leathers,
with perfect head, legs ami wings. It
is sott to the touch, ami the legs ami
wings arc flexible, ami can be moved
and placed in positions similar to
those of a genuine chu ken, ami wlum
set, upon a perch the deception cannot
be discovered even by an expert.
Like other chicken#, too, it burning
match is placed near its noso it topples
oil* the perch, ami when it dors it
tails with the weight and distruelivonuss
of a bombshell. Inside ot the
automaton is placed a torpedo, which
explodes it it is taken by the legs or
sliuok with an\ force. Hearing of
inis ingenious machine, a Front street
merchant recently ordered a number
ot them will; which i<? experiment.
Stone, half dozen ?>1 them wore secretly j
distributed Friday t?? persons who!
complained ot annoyance trom chicken j
thio.es, ami about the time other
chickens seel; their roosts they were
placed coiisptciously in the lien houses,
and the persons setting them retired
to b"d to await results. A widow I
lady named .Mrs. 1\ Simmons, living i
II) I'ill'l I lekciing, wltJ I?IIS UCM.M1 lit II <* 11 1
aamivcd, ami whose w alch-dog was
poisoned only a lew nights si nee, was
so anxious lo know'tho result of the
expcnim-nt liiaL she sat up lo await
the coming ol the visitors. About
one o'clock she heard some subdued
notes outside the tenoe wbich surrounds
her house, and soon alter the
set ambl: no noise made by a person
climbing over the fence. Soon there
was a buttering in the hen-house, a
subdued cackle, and then a noise like
the discharge ol a heavily loaded gun.
An agonizing shriek of pain and ret
reatiug Iuolsteps told ol the suecess
ol the machine. The lady who before
was titled with auger and thought only
ol vengeance on I ho thieves who h.ul
so 1 rtapicuily taken her chickens, was
now tided willi alarm, an I half-wav
regretted having used the torpedo
chicken. She did not have the courage
to go out doors alone, hilt called j
to a neighbor who had been aroused
b^ the report. He accompanied her
to the Inm-house, where a great noise
was being made by the surviving
chickens. Several hud boon killed
and some maimed by the explosion.
A search was made lor the torpedo
chicken, which was finally lound
among the wreck of poultry. The
body of the machine was nlown L??
atoms, hut its two legs wcic found
intact, tightly grasped bv a huge
black hand, which had been literally
torn lroin the arm. Deat h never held
lighter lo a tle.nl nigger than this
negro's dead hand grasped those two.
chicken legs. As before stated, the
negro ran away as fast as it was possible
in his wounded condition, and i'
any one finds a negro with a hand
tVcshlv shot oil, let hi in inlorin Chief
Ahy of th" fact. Another negro was
brought to grid the same night hy
one of the saint' instniinein8 in the
eastern suburbs. Traces ol bl od
yvci'i! discovered leading ftoni the
chicken roost, and it is, believed he
will In; arrested, This is, indeed, a
great invention, and vastly superior
10 a trnpgun. I'.s general use will
soon rid our city ol the large number
ol chicken thieves who in lest it. The
inventor, when he dies, should be
canonized,
Tiirt Way to (dirr Ai.oni.,?Twenty
clerks in a store, twenty hands in a
printing office, twenty apprentices in
a ship-yard, twenty voting men in a
village?till want to get along in the
world, and expect to do /o. One ol
7 1
t lie clerks will become a partner, and
make a tortnne; one of the compositors
a ill own a newsptper, and hecome
an influential citizen; one of the
apprentices will become a master builder;
one of the young villagers will
get a handsome farm, and live like a
patriarch-? but which one is the lucky
liiiiividualV Lucky? There is no luck
about it. Tlio thing is almost as certain
as the rule oi three. 'I ho young
ieliow who will distance Ins competitors
is lm who masters his business,
wiio preserves his integrity, who lives
cleanly ntnl purely, who tie votes Irs
leisure to 1 lie acrpii-ilion ol knowledge,
who gains friendshy deserving them,
and \v14?> saves spare money. There
are sumo ways lo fortune shorter than
this old, dusty highway; but the
stanch men of the community, the men
who achieve, something really worth
having, good Untune, good name, ami
serene old age, ail go in this hard,
dirty road.
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| A country editor who does all his
own work with the HShistftPoe 4>t one
boy. says lo* doesn't see how he can
short. h ex p. n?es, unless hv. cuts the
hoy'# legs olf
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Col Jim Itowlu.
A copswpoiulcnt of the New York
i Tribum: relates* the tollowing: I remember
a story I board forty or filly
I years ago- A stage ooaoh was going
I along an Arkansas roa?'!. On the
back seat were three women; on the
middle one, two men, tall and inthv j
J cular; while the for ward seat held on- ,
ly a small man, wrapped up complete- i
ly in a blanket. Alter a time one ot
the powerful men on the middle se it
lit acinar snd smoked. The smoke
I went lull in the face of one of tin? women,
who was both young and timid, j
She sickened, and then requested the
mail to stop smoking. This aroused
the ruffian in him, and he roughly i
i declared: "I have paid my fare; it is I
) customary to smoke, and I will smoke j
as much as L have a mind to." Ac- !
: cordingly lie Look out, a hvsh cigar, j
| and started the smoke-cloud again. ;
The woman could only add th.it
"Smokers ought not to forget to he i
' gentlemen." This suggestion excited
tiie man's rage to white heat. \
this point tlm small man on the front
seat laid aside his blanket, put his left
baud on the knee of the enraged miliar,
in order to wit lid raw his intention
Iioiii the woman and to himself, while
with his light hand he drew a bowieknife
liiijii its case between his shoulder-blades.
Pointing the weapon at
j the heart of the brute, and looking
him square in the eyes, the little man j
j quickly said: "1 mil Col. James Howie,
and unless you throw that cigar
away in one minute, 1 will but this
knile into your heart, as true as there j
is a find." The rwtlian comprehended
in an instant with whom he had
to deal, and threw his cigar out of the
window without adding a word. Col.
Howie replaced his weapon, drew his
blanket about him, and relapsed into
a condition of appaiout lieliU'erenee.
The .Han-Mating Tree.
Dr. Jav writes from Madagascar to
the South Austrian Jleyi.stei: II you
can imagine a pineapple, eight let
high ami thick m proportion, resting
upon its base, and denuded of leaves,
you will have a good idea of the trunk
I III I 111! t I'Ail lln It-iil'i.r UMiu Hill
VM vil M l/l VV. n llll/ll , M W M | ^ '? nn II' 't
[ llio color ot :iu auanon, b it a dark,
dingy, brown, and apparently an hard
as iron. From the apex <U litis frusI
rated cone (at least l\vo IccL in diameter)
eight huge leaves sheer to the
ground, like doors swung back on
their hinges. These leaves, which
were joined at the top ol the tree at
regular intervals, wen; about eleven or
twelve feet long, and shaped very
inueli like the leaves ot an American
agave or century plant* They are
two feet through in I heir thickest point
| and Lliree feet wide, tapering to a
sharp point looked like a cow's horn,
very convex on the outer (hut now
under surface) and on the under (now
upper) surface slightly concave. This
concave lace was lliichly set with
strong thorny hooks like those upon
the head ol tiie teazle. The leaves,
hanging thus limp and lifeless, leadgreen
in color, had m apparenee the ;
massive strength of oak fibre. The
apex ot the cone was a round,
white, concave figure, like a smaller
plate set within a larger one. This
was not n flower, but u receptacle, and !
there exuded into it a clear tiickly li- I
quid honey, sweet, and possessed of
violent intoxicating and soporific pro*
: perties. From underneath the rim
| (-o to speak) ol the undermost plate a
! series ol long, hairy, green tendrils ,
{stretched out in every direction toward
the hoiwizcn. 'lheso Were >even
or eight feet long, and tapered from
four itches to a had inch in diameter,
yet they stretched out slillly as iron
rods. Above these (iruin between the
upper and under cup) six u lute, almost
I transparent palpi reared theinselvcs toward
the shy, twirling an I twisting
i with a marvellous incessant motion,
| yet constantly reaching upward,
j i'liin as reeds, and trail as quills, apparently,
were yet five or six feet tall,
and were so constantly in motion, w ith
such a subtle, sinuous, silent, throbbing
! against the air, with suggestions ol ,
serpents flayed, yet dancing on their
tails. Mv observations on this oeea- !
I sion were suddenly interrupted by the ;
natives, who had he en shrieking ;
around the tree with their shrill voices,
and chanting w hat Heudiick told ine {
, were propitiatory hymns to the great
tree (level.
Wit h Mtill wilder shrieks ami chants 1
1 they now surrounded one of tho women
and urg id her with points of their
javelins until slowly, and with de*- 1
pairing lace, she climbed up tho stalk
! of the tree and stood on the summit Ot :
tho cone, the palpi swirling all ab >ut ;
I her. "ihsk!" 4,Tisk!M (Drink! drink) I
! cried tlie men. Stooping, she drank j
1 of the viscid llnid in t' e cup, raising
i instantly again, with wild frenzy in ncr
! lace, and convulsive cords in her limbt.
I3ut sue did not jump down, as she
did not jump \lowu,a* she seciued to have intended
to do. Oh no! Tho atrocious cannibultrce,
that had been so inert- and
dead,(came to sudden savage lile. Tho
slender delicate palpi, with tho fury ol
starved serpents, quivered a moment
'over hor head, then, as il instiuct with
1
I A l>Y KK j'JSJfi Mil,A i s
eel nt si '' n <m|'Ihk for tirnt, unit
l\ ?;? i .? t'.?r i" ' ?>?qn oil inn ioil.
O :< iii .< Mil mimtiuit a sqiiar?
m iih* In*r id brevier or rlfopluy t.y|> : lens tluui
an imMi wit! l>?- Hi;iri?(??l lor ah a nqM.ire.
I Marriage untiee* free.
Itonth* au?t pi moral nntleo* free,
iieliiiioii* iioiir* h of one square froe.l
A liberal ilivoitu1 tvill be uiudn to those
wIkw i?'lv? ! tiK. menu are to be kept in tor
three month* ot longer.
(leniomac intflliMeiioo, fastened upon
' lier in midden mil* round and round
nor iiee.K ann arm*, unl while hor aw(u)
laughter n?so wiMly lu bo instantly
strangled down again into a gurgling
moan, the tendrils, one after another,
like great green .serpent*, with brutal
energy and infernal rapidity, rose contracted
themselves, wrapped her about
in fold after fold, ever tightening with
cruel hwilt no-is and savage tenacity of
anaeodas fastening upon their prey. It
was the barbftiity ol the Laocoon without
its beauty-^tbU strange horrihlo
murder. And iu>w the gleat leave*
rose slowly and still! v, like the arms of
a derrick, erected themselves in tljJ
air, approached one another, and
ed about, the duel and hampered victim
with the silent '<?roe of a hydraulic
press and the ruthless purpose ol a
thumb screw'. A moment more, and I
could see the an sc.* of these great .
lovers pressing more tightly toward
each other, from b ;ir interstices, there
trickled down ?h? stalk of the tree
groat streams <>' ih ? viscid honqy-liko
fluid, mingled h nrib'y with blood and
oozing viscera of <>| the victim. At
sight of this the *ava _je hordes around
mo, yelling madly boun led forward,
crowded to tin; tree, clasped
it, and with cups, leaves, bands and
'ongnos, each one obtained enough of
iho liquid to sen I linn mad and traulie.
A Xe^ro hi) tnau's Prayer.
Alexander CI irk gives in bis Methodist
Kecorder a graphic, description
of "A Sabbat h in Richmond," and an
.account of his vi-.it to the First Afri<
an Baptist chma li. in that city. Wo
take from it this specimen of characteristic
natural clo<|ncnec:
A layman being called upon to pray,
led tins part ot the service in a fervent
appeal to Rod, a plea at once ebupient
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was a |>i<*tured petition, vivid t?? tho
rye and pleasant t<? (he car. With .t
voice of elevated key, the pleadov recounted
the mercies ??1 (4od, and besought
blessings Irom above. It ncy
have. been indccm mm in tin, 1 ?i?t the
prayer was tini pn\ so like a chant, a
dream, and yet s.> like a converse with
the listening (iod, that we ventured
to note down a tew passages, while no
leas sinning the devotional spirit of ^
the hour and place.
| The words spaced were nrnlonged
and circ.umile\ed m a higher key, if
t ho words of a song, w hile the intervening
words were uttered with a
rapidity almost heyond the apprehension;
the final words of each sentence
being pronounced in a low voice and
with t lie falling inflection. ]
"Oh! Lord, our blessed Father of
T.ove, thou k n-o-w-s the Mition ot the.
worl\ Thou knows the p-o-r-e niis'abl'sinner
rlespitiM v grace who tnrnnl
his back upon dy call. Thou sees his
footsteps in the \v t-l dcrnes*, and \?u
sees de hloomin' roses grown' nil
'round de thorns de debil's a sharp* n'li
for his feet. In this dark way ot "in
and death, while de loud thunders of
dy wrath r o l l in majes' in his eats,
and de li-l-a /. e ot dy fury flash in
I 1. - - i : "
niKiui-ii him* iiim eves, oil s-e-ll-0 \onr
broodiV spint like a dove thm' do
Ktorin an' speak peaeu to his wnoeheil
soul ''ore 'tis o-v-e-r-lastiid to late J
Show luiu ile slippery rocks and do
miry clay. M ike him hoc dat Satan
follows las' trippin' at his heels. anil
hell yawns open to catch him when ho
falls, Oh! 'rest him by de niiuluy
p-o-w-e-r ot dy grace. I'our down
your mercy like rain from do summer
clouds. .Mike him open his blind
eyes 10 see do b-e a u-t-y of dv holiness
a-shiiiin1 in do lace ot your hclobod
Son like do rainbow when d?
storm done gone and passed away.
"Ob, thou greit King ot (rlory
who lidos in do gol'n chariot in no
Now Jeruseicm, above do sun, 1 Vii ch
an' p-r-a-y you drive dy while horsi s
down dis wav; an 1 when <lo h-o-n f a
ot do horses stris dis lower wm'P
and de dasliin' wheel* come in muc
sigh*, stop dy ehiri 't at Washing! n*
city, and 'light in losing kindness .??;
de door of dv servant, <ie J Vesidoi <;
(*rnnt, an' tell bi n x <otly what to do..
Soun' de meaning' < ( your will into <U?
C*o-ii-g-r-e-K s halls, *m' tell d>* great
men 'thorn their own a.vin' how i ?
KTve dure country bos' 1'urge do
hearts ot do senator and 'soiitnktfvs*
troin do love ot sin, an' bo a d ulmaj
stum blub stops from the snares of -fuel.
Help them to 'member dy servant* in
every s-o-r-r-o \v Hud trin|*1 at ion, as
.lesus 'members* them. Thin out tlm
'giro of honor and the love of eiri-rv
from tin w a o n I- lik suckers ?*>?? tAo
corn; and may your name be
every nam.*, an i d-v kingdom ooum
into I he high plucys and do low bkrt
tho light ol in MMiiii1 contort to drt hill*
an' dc valleys de sinuv, Afr lea\ in*
Washington city, an*1 takin' ?ly time,
drive your chariot down over do field*
and reign up dy h-i>-r-H-o-8 ot tire at
the cupi .1 ol Old Virgin'y.. Light out
at de tiovernor's d >?>r, and go into hi*
house an" tell him * hat t'ing* he might
to say, an" show him what Ungs ho
ought to do, like a lu-the-r who
'gtrucishis own chile."
The very earliest nature-printing
process printting kisse*.